Archive for June, 2006

Survival Research Laboratories (SRL) in San Jose Aug 11

Wednesday, June 28th, 2006

Mark your calendars and grab your gas masks: the world's longest-running lethal robot posse will perform maul, gnash, and pulverize its way through San Jose, CA on August 11, 2006. Details and a terrific video of a visit to SRL's San Francisco lab are here from Bre Pettis at the ...

Alan Moore’s erotic “Lost Girls” and Peter Pan copyright woes

Tuesday, June 27th, 2006

Violet Blue has posted some sneak previews of an amazing new work by graphic novel master Alan Moore (previous works: Watchmen, From Hell, V for Vendetta, and the first two sets of League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, The Killing Joke, and Brought to ...

She’s in polyester, and she’s packin’.

Tuesday, June 27th, 2006

After last week's jeans with built-in gun holsters post, I ended up poking around for more stealth firearm fashion websites. A friend pointed me to Washington state resident Kathy Jackson, a mom and former "Women and Guns" contributing editor whose extensive personal website promotes personal firearm safety -- and everyday ...

Robogames: photos, and Monty Reed’s exoskeleton walk suit

Monday, June 19th, 2006

The annual Robogames expo took place this weekend in San Francisco. Scott Beale shot some great photos here. And here's an interesting GETV video clip in which Violet Blue interviews Monty Reed, who built a robotic exoskeleton to help disabled people ...